Several States Hit by First Tornados of the Year

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More than a dozen tornadoes were reported in Kansas on Tuesday.

According to the website Kansas, 19 tornadoes were reported Tuesday, just after 8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. EDT), out of which 14 were in Kansas. This included a large twister featuring multiple vortexes in rural Cloud County south of Concordia. Some of the reported cases might have been of the same tornado.

At least two tornadoes were reported in Nebraska, including one in Gage County, just north of Odell. The weather service also reported 80 mph winds and tennis ball-sized hail near Wymore, Gage County. Oklahoma also recorded a tornado north-northeast of Buffalo in Harper County.